May I reproduce works found on this site?
Yes! To the best of our knowledge all works on the site are in the public domain. You are free to reproduce and distribute them at no cost.

Why are there more Greek than Latin authors?
The first batch of works in the Internet Classics Archive
came from the Eric Project at Virginia Tech (see sources help),
and were about evenly mixed between Greek and Latin texts. The second
set of works, roughly the same size as the first, came from the
Perseus Project, and consisted almost entirely of Greek texts. See
below for information on how to contribute new works.

How can I contribute works?
Contributions to the Internet Classics Archive are always welcome, especially those in a plain text format that is easy to
recognize and process. For more information please
contact the Webmaster at
classics@classics.mit.edu.

Why is my favorite author/title not included?
The archive is still missing works from some noteworthy authors.
If you can provide a work in electronic format, see above.

Why are the years wrong for some works?
The given years are taken from the source text or other reference
material. In some cases, classics experts have provided a more
accurate year for the work -- if you think you know a better year,
please contact the Webmaster
with the year, author and title of the work, and a reference to the
source you used.

Why do so many works have anonymous translators?
Again, the names are taken from the source text. If you recognize the
translation, and can provide a reference to it, please
contact the Webmaster. If you want
to provide a better translation, please see above.

Why are the names wrong?
Different translators use different styles and different naming
schemes. Many of the translations use the Latin style of names. Since
all of these translations are in the public domain, they are not
recent, and some are "Victorian" in style. If you have a copy of a
better or more recent translation and would like to contribute it to
the archive, please see above.

Why is the formatting wrong?
A concerted effort has been made to attractively and practically
format the works with appropriate HTML tags. Occasionally, errors will
appear in a work: the wrong text is italicized, a character name is
not in bold print, or the indenting is off. These errors come from
inconsistencies in the source text that the processing programs cannot
recognize. Please report any errors to the Webmaster,
including the author and title, section (if any), and URL.

Why are some pages missing, and others cut off strangely?
Due to a hardware failure in recent years, many pages have unfortunately been truncated strangely. We are launching a project
in summer 2010 to repair the broken links and restore the site to its full potential. In the meantime if you need
access to a particular work, please
contact the Webmaster,
including the author and title, section (if any), and URL, and we will do our best to help you access that page
or find another source for that material.